Eric Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has launched a new unit in his office that will focus on unsolved homicides and other serious crimes. The unit will work with prosecutors and police departments across the state to get a fresh set of eyes on old cases. Prosecutors from the county where the crime occurred will handle any charges in court that result.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that the legislation known as Senate Bill 5 was an unconstitutional special law, then reversed itself late last year in an unrelated case. Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who helped write SB5 as a state senator, had asked a lower court to apply that new logic to his legislation.

A class-action lawsuit changing how Missouri handles parole hearings has meant new hope for 98 Missouri men sentenced to life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles. "St. Louis on the Air" talked to several men who have been released after decades behind bars.

As legal challenges by the Trump campaign mount in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is deploying his office in an attempt to stop some votes from counting in Pennsylvania. "St. Louis on the Air" talks with Washington University's Ronald Levin about whether precedent is on Schmitt's side, and what might happen next.

Eric Schmitt joined St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann and Jason Rosenbaum to talk about the work he’s done to combat violent crime and expand testing of sexual assault kits, his lawsuits against China and the Affordable Care Act, and how Donald Trump’s margin of victory might affect his race.

Three offices – attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer – are “down-ticket” on the ballot and face an uphill battle for voters' attention.

Democratic attorney general hopeful Rich Finneran talks about his bid to unseat Republican Eric Schmitt.

The suit argues China's efforts to suppress information, arrest whistleblowers and deny the coronavirus’ contagious nature led to the loss of life and severe economic consequences in Missouri.

The Missouri Court of Appeals further rewrote a summary for a ballot initiative that would repeal a state legislative redistricting system approved by voters in 2018.

The Missouri House is breaking up Gov. Mike Parson’s tough-on-crime package of special session legislation into one-subject bills.